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serviceman Definition

service·man (sʉrvis man′, -mən)

noun pl. -·men′-men′, -mən

  1. a member of the armed forces
  2. a person whose work is servicing or repairing something a radio serviceman

serviceman Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • commemorate: The Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen who have no known grave.
  • kill: He was one of the first US servicemen killed in the war on Iraq.
  • ally: During that terrifying period in the battle for Malaya, many allied servicemen overwhelmed by the Japs were put to the bayonet.
  • station: Some local girls married servicemen stationed in Britain from abroad.
  • return: Some of the returning servicemen included solicitors who were later to become judges.
  • leave: Of course I had to leave the servicemen alone.

Converse of subject

  • make: Many objects that are considered as Trench Art were made not by servicemen, but by local civilians, for sale to soldiers.

Adjective modifier

  • allied: Here the Rev'd Donald Caskie first sheltered Allied servicemen adrift in France.
  • wounded: He has had a lifetime's experience of caring for wounded servicemen.
  • ex: Their membership, being ex servicemen, was predominantly over 50 years of age.
  • brave: Brave servicemen should an actor dressed their nfl peers the news seems.
  • injured: Asked if the Prime Minister had visited any injured servicemen who had returned from Iraq, the PMOS said that he believed he had.
  • Polish: Beside the entrance you can see a plaque which was presented in 1941 by Polish servicemen stationed in the county of Berwickshire.

Noun used with modifier

  • RAF: The case could witness the first RAF serviceman ever to be charged with the murder of civilians.
  • volunteer: The colonial government also used volunteer servicemen from 1942 to solve the growing problem of soldier shortages in the Japanese army.
  • Gurkha: In recognition of their distinguished service, the British Gurkhas servicemen from Nepal have won 13 Victoria crosses, the highest British gallantry honor.

Possessives

  • club: Toc H. The Everyman's Club ( serviceman's recreation club ), located at Poperinghe, near Ypres, in Belgium.
  • name: It is arranged in alphabetical order of servicemen's name, with his regiment or ship, and cause of death.

Preposition: in

  • coffin: She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before.

Preposition: from

  • RAF: At one stage we even had a Jazz band play at a benefit for the family that included US servicemen from nearby RAF Fairford!
serviceman Quotes

If youturnonyour set and seenothing ishappening†do not call a serviceman.You have tuned in the US Senate.

—Brinkley, David McClure